Musketeer's Gifted Firearm?

[Coinshot Colton]

What exactly is the Musketeer's "Gifted Firearm" ability talking about when it says "Beginning at 8th level, the musketeer can focus himself when wielding his gifted weapon. As a standard action, he can focus himself to gain a number of benefits for 1 minute per cavalier level."

What benefits is he gaining by "focusing" on himself? Is it saying that he gets the Improved Critical by spending a standard action?

Gifted Firearm:

At 1st level, a musketeer is gifted by his order with a firearm (either a pistol or a musket). This weapon is both a symbol of the cavalier’s duty and a focus for much of his talent. He cannot sell this weapon. He also gains the Gunsmithing feat. Beginning at 8th level, the musketeer can focus himself when wielding his gifted weapon. As a standard action, he can focus himself to gain a number of benefits for 1 minute per cavalier level. The musketeer can use this ability twice per day, plus one additional time per day for every four levels beyond 8th, to a total of five times per day at 20th level.

At 8th level, the cavalier gains the benefit of the Improved Critical feat. At 11th level, he can reduce the misfire chance of his weapon by 1 (to a minimum of 1, as with the reliable firearm special ability), and at 17th level, the musketeer can double the range increment of his weapon (as the distance special ability). These abilities do not stack with the magical weapon special abilities that they duplicate. Finally, at 20th level, during a period of such focus, the musketeer can engage in a flurry of gunfire. The cavalier can expend one of his daily challenges to make a full attack with his firearm. The musketeer ignores the normal load times for his weapon, but must still expend enough doses of powder and enough bullets to complete each attack.

If the musketeer’s gifted firearm is destroyed, the cavalier loses this ability for 30 days while a replacement weapon is crafted for him. During this 30-day period, the musketeer takes a –1 penalty on weapon and damage rolls.

[Drakkiel]

When he focuses as a standard action he gains te listed ability for 1 minute per cavalier level

So at 8th it's improved critical, at 11th his misfire chance is reduced, 17th his range increment is doubled, and 20th he can spend a challenge to full attack without worrying about reloading times

[Jadeite]

This line is strange:

Gifted Firearms wrote:

At 11th level, he can reduce the misfire chance of his weapon by 1 (to a minimum of 1, as with the reliable firearm special ability)

Reliable wrote:

Price +1 bonus; Aura moderate transmutation; CL 8th; Weight —

This special ability can only be placed on firearms. A reliable firearm is enchanted so that it is less likely to jam than other firearms. This enchantment reduces the misfire value of the affected firearm by 1 (minimum 0). This reduction occurs after any increases are calculated for firing with the broken condition, or for any other effect that might increase the misfire value of a firearm.

Construction Requirements

Cost +1 bonus

Craft Magic Arms and Armor, mending

Probably a relic from the Ultimate Combat Beta, though.